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45 Vienice Aramon

_Vienice Aramon_

"Vienice." Brandy, the guard he had met on a few occasions now called at the doorway to his dorm room. Vienice sat up, having not slept. He didn't need sleep. In the night he would often lay asleep staring at the ceiling and occasionally reading- his eyes slowly working better in the dark then they had before. "It is time to go," He instructed the boy who looked at him with blank violet eyes.

Vienice climbed down from the top of his bunk, ignoring the questioning look from his only awake roommate as the other two continued to sleep soundly. Although Vienice had been here for a good few months now, he made no effort to get to know anyone, and no one made any effort to know him. Vienice did not even know the name of one of his roommates, though the three of them had at one point beat Vienice to the floor and kicked him around. It was not uncommon for Vienice to be attacked even here of all places. Luckily his roommates had only done it once. Not that he cared, however. As the days ticked on pain only seemed to mean less and less to him.

Grabbing his shoes and quickly putting them on, the pale boy followed after Brandy down the elaborate hallway. The only light came from Brandy's own torch as he led the way. "Yer being shipped off to look for that one brat," Brandy hummed out. "Can't believe they trust ya to act on such little training and so little time here. Haven't even taken a test of loyalty. Tch. Yew really are spoiled aren't ya?" Brandy grumbled on.

Vienice had heard of this test of loyalty. It seemed the organization gave very strict tests that were hard to pass to their students and new members. It varied person to person but he knew the roommate of his that had taken one had come back in tears, traumatized. He had heard similar things from some others. Exams that played with your mind, put you in hard situations that seemed so real... They tested if you would desert, betray, or reveal any secrets from the organization. Apparently they valued loyalty greatly.

Vienice wondered now if perhaps this whole mission to go after the boy with all this power was a farce. Was this just his test of loyalty? Put him out into the field to see if he would desert? The boy could not be sure but he would remember to keep that in mind.

"Yew better not get those two goin with you a hard time," Brandy started up now. "If they die, that is on yew, ya know. We don't take too lightly to those who so easily let valuable members die. We're a family here."

Vienice shot him a dead stare, void of emotion. "A family?" He repeated but it was rhetorical. The people here were no family, that was for sure. "Do not so easily feed yourself lies," Was all Vienice warned him.

"Excuse you, boy," Brandy spat with irritation. "It seems you've gotten a little too comfortable here. Remember just who you are and who you belong to. You have not been here for long, I do not give a rats arse what it is you think."

"If you did not care you would not be as ruffled as you are now," Vienice said, keeping monotonous eyes focused forward as they walked.

"Yew watch yourself before I drive my sword right between them ribs of yers. I'll not have you makin bad of this place after we've taken you in."

Vienice stopped walking and looked at Brandy, whom he had once perceived to be a good man despite his comments. It would seem that now he was not so kindly tempered as he had been before. Or perhaps Vienice himself had just changed... He couldn't be sure. "What good would that do?" He asked, not agitated the slightest bit which in turn seemed to frighten Brandy. "I would only get right back up again. If I wanted you dead, you would not be able to stop me because I always get back up." He said as he leaned closer to Brandy who took a step away.

Vienice turned away, satisfied with that reaction. Brandy was scared of him, though he hardly showed it. The man was old enough to have the experience in keeping himself apparently unafraid on the outside, however, that step said it all. "What is stopping yew from taking out everyone here? Killin us all?"